Role of early screening for diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus: An overview

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-252

  Vashist, Praveen ^a   Singh, Sameeksha ^b   Gupta, Noopur ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Community participation; diabetic retinopathy; public health problem; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862957459     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.91324     Document Type: Article

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